HUSKIE FOOTBALL 2015 2015 NIU SCHEDULE Day, Date Opponent (TV) Time (CT) Sat.., Sept. 5 UNLV (CBSSN) 6:30 p.m. Sat., Sept. 12 MURRAY STATE (ESPN3) 2:30 p.m. Sat., Sept. 19 at Ohio State (ABC) 2:30 p.m. Sat., Sept. 26 at Boston College TBA Sat., Oct. 3 at Central Michigan* 2 p.m. Sat., Oct. 10 BALL STATE* TBA Sat., Oct. 17 at Miami (Ohio)* 1:30 p.m. Sat., Oct. 24 EASTERN MICHIGAN* 2:30 p.m. Tues., Nov. 3 at Toledo (ESPN2)* 7 p.m. Weds., Nov. 11 at Buffalo (ESPNU/3)* 7 p.m. Weds., Nov. 18 WESTERN MICHIGAN (ESPN2/U)* 7 p.m. Tues., Nov. 24 OHIO (ESPNU/3)* 6:30 p.m. Fri., Dec. 4 MAC Championship (ESPN2) 7 p.m. Detroit, Mich. *Mid-American Conference Game; All Times Central. — HUSKIE FOOTBALL FACTS — 2014 Record/MAC Record/Finish .................. 11-3/7-1/1st West Head Coach ............................................................................Rod Carey Record at NIU/Years ...............................................................23-6/3rd Career Record/Years ...............................................................23-6/3rd Alma Mater/Year.............................................................Indiana/1993 Basic Offense/Defense ..................................................Multiple/4-3 First Year of Football ......................................................................1899 All-Time Record .................................................................558-470-51 Last Bowl Game ...........................................2014 Boca Raton Bowl ...........................................................................Marshall 52, NIU 23 Consecutive Bowl Games ....................................................................7 MAC Championship Game Appearances .... 6 (5 consecutive) ....................................(last, 2014 vs. Bowling Green, 51-17 W) Linebacker Boomer Mays and defensive tackle Corey Thomas are two of seven Letterwinners Returning/Lost ...................................................47/21 starters returning for the Huskie defense. Starters Returning ..........16 (7 offense, 8 defense, 1 specialist) Starters Lost ..................... 11 (6 offense, 3 defense, 2 specialist) 2014 NIU RESULTS Overall: 11-3 (.786); Home: 4-1; Away: 6-1; Neutral: 1-1 — ABOUT NIU — MAC Record: 7-1 (.875); Home: 3-1; Road: 4-1 Location ............................................................................DeKalb, Illinois Day, Date Opponent (TV) Result Score Attend. Founded................................................................................................1895 Thurs., Aug. 28 PRESBYTERIAN (ESPN3) W 55-3 12,398 Enrollment ........................................................................................21,138 Sat., Sept. 6 at Northwestern (BTN) W 23-15 41,139 Affi liation ......................................NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Sat., Sept. 13 at UNLV (MW/CI) W 48-34 14,305 Conference .......................................Mid-American (West Division) Sat., Sept. 20 at Arkansas (ESPNU) L 52-14 67,204 Colors ......................................................................... Cardinal and Black Sat., Oct. 4 KENT STATE* (ESPN3) W 17-14 15,620 Stadium .........................................Brigham Field at Huskie Stadium Sat., Oct. 11 CENTRAL MICHIGAN* (ESPN3) L 34-17 20,122 * Surface/Capacity .................................................FieldTurf /23,595 Sat., Oct. 18 MIAMI (OHIO) (ESPN3) W 51-41 11,211 * President ............................................................. Dr. Douglas D. Baker Sat., Oct. 25 at Eastern Michigan W 28-17 19,654 * Assoc. VP/Athletic Director ........................................Sean T. Frazier Weds., Nov. 5 at Ball State (ESPN2) W 35-21 6,642 * Alma Mater, Year ..........................................................Alabama ‘92 Tues., Nov. 11 TOLEDO (ESPN2) W 27-24 8,462 Tues., Nov. 18 at Ohio* (ESPNU) W 21-14 15,118 Ticket Information ........................................... 815-753-PACK (7225) Fri., Nov. 28 at Western Michigan* (ESPNU) W 31-21 11,195 Marathon MAC Championship Game - Ford Field, Detroit — NIU ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS — Fri., Dec. 5 vs. Bowling Green (ESPN2) W 51-17 15,110 Donna Turner, Associate Athletic Director ......................................... Boca Raton Bowl - FAU Stadium, Boca Raton, Fla. (FB Primary Contact) [email protected] Tues., Dec. 23 vs. Marshall (ESPN) L 52-23 29,419 ............................................815-753-9513 (o); 815-793-5474 (c) *Mid-American Conference Game; Home games in All CAPS. Joe Summins, Assoc. Athletics Comm. Director .............................. (FB Secondary) ......................................................jsummins@niu.edu ............................................815-753-9539 (o); 630-965-5213 (c) Jeremy Reid, Matt Scheerer ..............................Assistant Directors R.J. Sepich .................................................................Graduate Assistant NIU Huskies @NIUAthletics niuhuskies niuhuskiesdotcom NIU FOOTBALL 2015 HUSKIE QUICK NOTES • NIU is celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Huskie Stadium throughout the 2015 season. A select committee — MOST WINS SINCE 2010 — of 13 NIU football “experts” chose the team, with one Oregon .................................................60 player announced daily via the Huskies offi cial social media Alabama ...............................................58 outlets. Other events celebrating the stadium’s history will Florida State ........................................58 be held throughout the season, including a reunion of the NIU .............................................57 1965 team members at the season-opening football game Ohio State* ..........................................56 Sept. 5th. Boise State ...........................................55 • The Northern Illinois University Football team won Stanford ................................................54 its third Mid-American Conference title in the last four Michigan State ...................................54 years with a 51-17 victory over Bowling Green in the LSU .........................................................52 2014 Marathon MAC Championship Game. With the win, NIU avenged its loss to the Oklahoma ............................................51 Falcons in the 2013 MAC Championship contest. *12 2010 wins vacated by NCAA • NIU is the winningest program in Illinois and in the MAC over the last decade and the Huskies have played in fi ve straight MAC championship games. The Huskies are also — MOST GAMES PLAYED — the state’s all-time winningest Division I college football team. Since 2010 • The Huskies made a MAC record seventh-straight bowl appearance when they NIU .............................................70 took on Marshall in the 2014 Boca Raton Bowl. NIU’s current bowl streak began in Florida State ........................................69 2008 with a trip to the Independence Bowl in Shreveport, La. and includes games in Oregon .................................................68 Toronto, Canada; Boise, Idaho; Mobile, Alabama; Miami Gardens, Fla.; San Diego, Calif. LSU .........................................................68 and Boca Raton. Alabama ...............................................67 Ohio State* ..........................................67 • The Huskies and Oregon are the only FBS teams in the nation to record 11 or more Stanford ................................................67 victories in each of the last fi ve seasons. Michigan State ...................................67 • The Huskies have won 44 of their last 45 games when allowing 24 points or less. Boise State ...........................................66 • NIU Head Coach Rod Carey is 23-6 since taking over prior to the Huskies’ appearance Oklahoma ............................................66 in the 2013 Orange Bowl for a winning percentage of .793. Carey is tied with his two immediate predecessors, Dave Doeren and Jerry Kill, for eighth place on the NIU coaching wins list. He needs two victories to tie his college coach at Indiana, Bill Mallory, and Jerry Ippoliti, for sixth place. • With their victory over Northwestern in 2014, the Huskies have defeated a school from one of the fi ve larger conferences (the so-called “Power 5” leagues) in fi ve of the last six years, with four wins over Big Ten opponents during that stretch. NIU will face two Power 5 teams in 2015 with games at projected preseason No. 1 Ohio State (Sept. 19) and at Boston College (Sept. 26). • The Huskies return 19 starters for 2015 - seven on offense, eight on defense and two specialists. The 2015 roster includes 43 players who were not on the active roster a year ago with 41 true freshmen on the list. • NIU senior defensive end Cameron Clinton-Earl (Milwaukee, Wis.) is one of 197 players across all divisions of college football to be nominated for the 2015 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team. The Good Works Team honors players for their off-the fi eld activities with an emphasis on community service. • The Huskie coaching staff for 2015 features one new addition in linebackers HUSKIES ON THE WATCH coach Ross Watson, who came to NIU from Youngstown State in January. Watson previously coached at Florida Atlantic before spending the 2014 Earlier this summer, three 2015 Huskie seniors were campaign at YSU. He replaced former linebackers coach Kevin Kane at NIU. named to one or more of the preseason Watch Lists • NIU will induct two former football players into the NIU Athletics Hall of released by members of the National College